Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie Recipe

Collage and smoothie photo credit: Unfold Today. Novak Djokovic photo credit: Andrew Campbell.^[1]

One of the most delicious smoothie recipes shared by Novak Djokovic, arguably the best tennis player in history, is his Mango Banana smoothie.

Unfortunately, Djokovic’s smoothie recipe, shared in his book “Serve to Win”, yields 4 serves of less than 200 calories each.^[2]

The good news? There’s a simple way to turn Novak’s smoothie into a high-calorie one: transform those 4 servings into one single nutritious serving.

To show you how to make the smoothie, we bought the ingredients, prepared the smoothie, and documented the whole process with pictures. Since we’ve previously prepared Djokovic’s High-Calorie Breakfast Smoothie, we are honored to add yet another of Nole’s blends to our list of weight gain smoothies.

Smoothie's calories

The standard version of Novak Djokovic's Mango Banana Smoothie yields one serving of 651 calories. If you need more calories from the smoothie, however, you can adjust ingredient quantities by following these guidelines:

• For 1000-calorie smoothie: multiply ingredient quantities by 1.54;
• For 1500-calorie smoothie: multiply ingredient quantities by 2.30;
• For 2000-calorie smoothie: multiply ingredient quantities by 3.07.

Ready to explore the recipe? Let's go.

Equipment

To make Novak Djokovic's Mango Banana Smoothie, you need three pieces of kitchen equipment:

• Blender
• Knife
• Spoon

Ingredients

• 2 cups (10.6 oz or 300 g) frozen mango
• 1 large (4.8 oz or 136 g) frozen banana
• 1 cup (0.5 oz or 15 g) kale leaves without stems
• 1 tbsp (0.6 oz or 16 g) almond butter
• 1 tbsp (0.16 oz or 4.5 g) shredded coconut
• 2 cups (15.9 fl oz or 470 ml) rice milk

Role of each ingredient

Although Novak Djokovic didn't specify why he had chosen each ingredient in this smoothie, he left clues in the same book where we can find the recipe.

First of all, Djokovic uses mango because it's "high in nutrients (especially vitamin C) and calories."

Second, he included a banana because it's also high in nutrients and counts among "the best sources of potassium, which helps prevent heart disease and high blood pressure."

When it comes to kale, he likes it because "it's high in fiber and vitamins A, B, C, and K."

Novak used almond butter instead of peanut butter because it is "even healthier". Djokovic, however, warns that you should use nut butters that have only one ingredient: nuts.

Moreover, Nole added a little shredded coconut because the coconut oil in it "has been shown to raise HDL (good cholesterol)."

Last but not least, Djokovic went for rice milk because he lists it as a dairy substitute that's not high in sugar or full of unhealthy fats.

Ingredient substitutions

If you have nut allergies, you can substitute almond butter with a type of seed butter, like sunflower butter.

Instructions

1. Adapt ingredients to blender size

2. Add ingredients

3. Blend

4. Serve

In terms of taste, the smoothie has a balanced flavor because the sweetness of the mango and the banana complements the tanginess of the kale.

How to store

Since Djokovic doesn't specify whether he drinks his smoothies as soon as they're ready, or he stores them for a while, our general recommendation is to drink your smoothies right after blending. This way, you'll avoid any flavor or texture changes. Alternatively, you can usually store smoothies in the fridge for about a day.

Nutrition facts

• Volume: 31.8 fl oz (942 ml)
• Calories: 651
• Protein: 9 g
• Carbs: 126 g
• Fat: 17 g

Out of the 651 calories found in Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie, 74% come from carbohydrates, 22% from fats, and 4% from protein.

Therefore, this smoothie is mainly a source of energy and healthy fats while including some muscle-building protein as well. As a side note, since the smoothie has less than 30% of its calories coming from fats, it earned a place among the low-fat high-calorie foods.

To get more granular, let's explore the contribution of each ingredient to the smoothie's overall nutrition facts.

Benefits of drinking this smoothie

As expected, Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie is full of health benefits. Explore each of them below.

1. Gain weight easier

The first benefit of adding Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie to your diet is that you can gain weight easier because it's rich in calories and it doesn't fill you up for long periods.

If you want something more convincing, check out the next stat. According to the top of the best weight gain foods for females, 91% of the women who gain weight successfully drink smoothies regularly.

Boost calories

Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie efficiently increases caloric intake because it's nutritious, having 651 calories per serving. All of these calories will make it easier for you to achieve a daily caloric surplus, the main requirement for gaining weight.

Yet, consider that a person with an extremely active lifestyle like Novak Djokovic needs much more calories to maintain or gain weight than the average person.

Keep your appetite

On top of boosting your total caloric intake, Novak's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie allows you to eat more throughout the day because, as opposed to many solid foods, it keeps your appetite satisfied only for short periods.

To support this claim, a University of Bristol study compared fruit smoothies with fresh fruits and other drinks in terms of satiety. They concluded that fruit smoothies are more filling than drinks that are less alike to food (e.g., water and milk) but less filling than solid foods.^[9]

2. Supercharge energy levels

Djokovic's Mango Banana Smoothie raises energy levels because it's packed with carbohydrates, most of which come from the mango, banana, and rice milk in the smoothie's composition.

After all, according to a University of Lausanne study on the energy potential of carbs, carbohydrates are the main energy source for humans.^[10]

3. Strengthen bones

Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie can strengthen bones because it contains rice milk, a rich source of calcium.

The rice milk in Djokovic's smoothie brings 555 mg of calcium., which is around 55% of the daily recommended intake of calcium.

4. Fortify immunity

Novak's smoothie improves immunity because it contains four sources of antioxidants:

• Banana;
• Mango;
• Kale;
• Almond butter.

Antioxidants, according to a scientific review of antioxidants, increase health protection and disease prevention.^[11]

5. Enhance heart health

Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie is beneficial for the heart because it contains potassium, which reduces blood pressure.

As scientific proof, a review of the effects of potassium says that potassium lowers blood pressure.^[12]

6. Protect eye health

Djokovic's smoothie increases eye health because it's made with mango, a source of vitamin A.

Vitamin A, in an Australian study about vitamin A's effects on early myopia, has been described as "vital for eye health" because it protects against "night blindness and corneal thinning."^[13]

7. Hydrate body

Nole's smoothie is also very efficient at hydration because it contains three good sources of water: mango, banana, and rice milk.

8. Improve digestion

Novak's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie can improve digestion because it contains kale, banana, and coconut, which are all rich in fiber.

One of the benefits of eating fiber, as stated in a 2009 review of the health benefits of dietary fiber, is a lower risk of gastrointestinal diseases.^[14]

Recipe summary

To follow Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie recipe in a compressed format, use the summary below.

Novak Djokovic's High-Calorie Mango Banana Smoothie

This high-calorie recipe shows you how to make Novak Djokovic's Mango Banana Smoothie, whose ingredients he shared in his book "Serve to Win". The smoothie has a balanced flavor because the sweetness of the mango and the banana complements the tanginess of kale.

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Prep Time 3 minutes mins

Blend Time 1 minute min

Total Time 4 minutes mins

Course Smoothies

Servings 1 person

Calories 651 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Blender
• 1 Knife
• 1 Tablespoon

Ingredients

  

• 2 cup frozen mango (10.6 oz or 300 g)
• 1 large banana (4.8 oz or 136 g)
• 1 cup kale leaves without stems (0.5 oz or 15 g)
• 1 tbsp almond butter (0.6 oz or 16 g)
• 1 tbsp shredded coconut (0.16 oz or 4.5 g)
• 2 cup rice milk (15.9 fl oz or 470 ml)

Instructions

 

• Think whether all the ingredients will fit inside your blender.

  If you use a small blender with a capacity of less than 942 ml (31.8 fl oz), break the ingredients into two or more identical portions, then follow the next instructions for each of them individually.
• Add the ingredients to the blender making sure rice milk ends up at its bottom.

  If you own a blender with an ingredient recipient that installs upside down on the blender, always add the rice milk lastly. This way, the blades will work smoothly without clogging in other ingredients.
  
• Blend the ingredients until the smoothie develops a fine texture (about 30-60 seconds).

  If you own a less powerful blender, you may need to mix the ingredients for longer than 1 minute. Still, to prevent overheating your blender, abide by the recommended blending duration in your blender's manual.
  
• Pour the smoothie into a glass or a shaker bottle, and serve.
  

Notes

Here are 8 of the health benefits you get from drinking this smoothie:

1. Gain weight easier;
2. Supercharge energy levels;
3. Strengthen bones;
4. Fortify immunity;
5. Enhance heart health;
6. Protect eye health;
7. Hydrate body;
8. Improve digestion.

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Other high-calorie smoothie recipes for weight gain

Believe it or not, this is not the only smoothie from Novak Djokovic's diet that we've made for you. Check out Djokovic's High-Calorie Breakfast Smoothie.

Now, If you want to try other homemade smoothies that can help you gain weight, visit our full list of high-calorie smoothie recipes,

And in case you wish to get creative, you can build your own high-calorie smoothie recipes. Learn what can you add to your smoothie and how to bring extra calories to it from our guide on how to make high-calorie smoothies for weight gain.

And if it happens to get bored of smoothies...

Try switching high-calorie smoothies for high-calorie shakes or other weight gain drinks.